Gearing for wave-motors and the like.



H. J. Human. GEARING FOR WAV B MOTORS AND THE LIKE.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 21, 1914- r 1 923 Patented D90.22,1914.

cated b the arrow in Fig. 5, and the shaft 24 will e driven through themedium of the gears 37 and 38 in a similar direction. Duriiigthis upwardmovement or" the float, the

awl carried'within the housing 26 rides 'reely over its ratchet. Whenthe float descends, the sprocket 25 will be rotated in the directionindicated by the arrow in Fig. 8. causing the pawl 31 within the housing26 to lockingly engage the ratchet 88 and rotate the gear 30 in thedirection indicated by the arrow in Fig. 6, which will cause the shaft24 to be rotated in the same direction as before. It will be understoodthat the float may be coupled to as many sets of driving mechanisms asdesired and that this system of gearing may be used in other ways thanthe one described.

It is to be understood that while 1 have shown and described thepreferred embodiinentof my invention, I do not wish to be limited tothis exact construction, combination and arrangement of parts, but maymake such changes as will fall within the I spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed. d Iaving thus described my invention, I.

1-. The combination of a rotatable shaft,

a sprocket wheel loosely mounted on said "shaft and having housingsformed on opposite sides thereof, internal gear wheels loosely mountedupon the shaft on opposite sides of the sprocket wheel, ratchets formedupon the opposed sides of the internal gear of the sprocket wheel,internal ears loosely mounted upon the shaft, ratc ets formed upon saidgears and fitting within the housings, said ratchets being formed withoppositely facing teeth, pawls carried by the housings for engagementwith the teeth, spur gears rigidly secured to the shaft, a gear meshing.with one of said spur gears and with one of the internal gears, a pairof inter-meshing gears, one of which meshes with the other internal gearand the otherof which meshes with the other gear rigid with the shaft,and means for rotatin the sprocket Wheel in opposite directi'ons,w erebythe shaft will be driven continuously in one direction.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY J. HARTMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN K. SCHLUEDERBERG, CONRAD MULLER.

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